Sight for fire-arms



(No Model.)

E. J. CUTLER.

SIGHT FOR FIRE ARMS.

Patented Feb. 19, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

EBEN .I. CUTLER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SIGHT FOR FIRE ARMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,315, dated February 19, 1889.

Application filed November 17, 1888. Serial No. 291,118. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EBEN J. CUTLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sights for Fire-Arn1 s; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to sights for fire-arms, and is an improvement on the invention shown, described, and claimed in my patent hearing date October 30, 1888, No. 392,108. In said patent the objects and advantages of my novel method or principle of sighting are fully set forth, and need not be repeated here, further than to say that it is sought thereby to reduce the uncertain or conj ectural in shooting at moving objects to the lowest point possible by the aid of mechanical devices, and to provide means whereby the bird or object aimed at may be sighted just as if it were at rest, and the gun held mechanically the proper distance ahead of the object, while the line of sight I establish is directly and constantly on the object. In my patent the only sight employed is at the breech of the gun at one side of the normal sight-lin e, and the gunner determines the line of sight to the object by the position of his check on or against the cheek-piece, which becomes his guide and assistance for this purpose.

The object of my improvement on the said invention is to reduce the principle or method of sighting therein set forth to greater accuracy, especially for beginners, or those having little experience or practice in wing-shooting, and this is accomplished by introducing a second sight, which is located on the stock of the gun between the breech end of the barrel, where the other sight is fixed, and the cheek-piecc,thus establishing an intermediate sight between the sight, as it appears in my original invention, and the eye of the marksman, and giving the certainty of two sights for the uncertainty of one that was dependent on the trained hand and eye of the marksman for establishing the right line of sight. By employing two sights the line of sight becomes fixed and invariable, and the uncertainty which attends getting the cheek always to the right place on the cheek-piece is wholly eliminated; but it will be understood that this additional sight is employed as a means for educating the marksman in automatically and skillfully getting his cheek always to the right place, to the end that he may in time dispense with the intermediate sight entirely, as all expert hunters would prefer, rather than as a permanent sight for continued use in the field.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a double-barrel gun provided with my improved sights and showing the line of sight on a bird shown in full lines and the line of discharge on a bird drawn in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of that portion of the gun which embodies my improvement, showing the relation of the two sights and the angle of the sight-lines to the axis of the barrels.

The views illustrate the invention,with the two sights a a located at the breech of the gun supplemented by the sight b,pivotally attached to the stock of the gun, so that when not in use it may be turned down out of the way.

The sight b may be held in its upright position by locking it firmly on its pivot-bolt between the studs 0, or by such other means as will. suggest themselves, the particular means of accomplishing this result being inimaterial. The sight I) is given practically a T form, so that it will have the desired width at the top to accommodate the three sights 1 3. These sights may be notches, as shown, or projections, or have any other form or shape which will serve to attract the eye and guide the sight. The sight I), further, has such elevation that the sights 1 2 3 will be brought up to the plane of the top of the barrel and in proper range with the sights a a. This brings said sights l 2 3 into the lines of vision as they are established by the marksman in sighting the object across the sights a a.

In use, as is clearly seen in Fig. 2, the line of sight across the sight to will-be by the sight 1 to the left of the center on raised sight Z), and the line of sight across sight a by the sight 3 on sight 1), while the central or direct sight will be through the sight 2 on the normal sight-line of the barrels. Thus the three lines of sight have their focal point in the eye of the marksman and radiate therefrom just the same whether the original sights to a alone be employed, or the sight I) with its points 1 2 3 in addition thereto. It will thus be seen that-the distance apart of these sight-points 1 2 3 is determined by the position of the sight I) on the gun-stock, as obviously the lines of sight converge as you approach the eye and diverge as you leave it; and hence the farther from the eye the farther the points 1 2 3 will be separated.

It is also obvious that the sights to a might be dispensed with and my principle of sighting be preserved by using the sight 1) alone; but this is not deemed a desirable arrangement of single sights, as it is too near the eye; and hence this rear sight is treated more particularly as auxiliary to the sight at the breech.

Of course by the term at the breech I do not consider that I am limited to the exactlocation of the sights a a, as shown, but that I may locate said sights anywhere about the breech portion of the gun that will answer my purpose.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a gun, a sight pivotally attached to the stock and provided with three sighting-points, a center point on the normal sight-line of the barrel or barrels, and one sighting-point on either side of said normal sight-line, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a gun, a pair of sights at the breech of the gun at opposite sides of the normal sight-line of the barrel or barrels, and a sight pivotally attached to the stock and having a set of sighting-pom ts, two of which are at the side of the normal sightline, substantially as set forth.

EBEN J. CUTLER.

Vitnesses:

I. L. COREY, H. T. FISHER. 

